Dracula - Conflicts, Issues, Themes, Symbols

Ideas for discussion (this is not an exhaustive list)

Conflicts: (Note: conflicts are not themes - see the theme explanation on the Discussion Leader page.)

• East vs. West
• science vs. supernatural
• good vs. evil
• Christian vs. Satan?
• reason vs. desire

Issues:

• Dracula as the anti-Christ
• portrayal of women (Is Mina different than Lucy?)
• role of science in modern society

Topics that might lead to themes: (Note: topics are not themes - see the theme explanation on the Discussion Leader page.)

• overcoming evil
• religion
• science
• intellectual effort
• friendship

Symbols:

• watch for prominent colors
• the weather
• blood

Literary Devices

• extensive use of allusion
• foreshadowing
• imagery
• simile and metaphor